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							<blockquote> <p class="textBoldBlue3">ESL</p>
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                                <p class="text"><span class="textBoldBlue"><u>General Information</u></span></p>
                                <p class="text"><span class="textBoldBlue">Credit
                                    Courses in English as a Second Language</span>
                                 
                                 <p class="textBoldBlue">The Department of Education offers an updated sequence of two intensive 6-credit courses in ESL for academic purposes to non-native speakers of English who are accepted by Concordia University but who must upgrade their reading and writing skills.</p> 

<p class="text">Two 3-credit courses in ESL listening and speaking are also available for students whose mother tongue is not English and who would like to improve their oral communication skills.</p>

<p class="text">Students who where admitted to degree programs up to and including the Summer 2010 term complete the old three-course sequence of ESL 207, 208, and 209.</p>

<p class="text">If English is not your mother tongue and  you wish to take a Credit ESL course, you are required to take a placement test.</p>

                                 
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                                  The TESL Centre offers a 9-credit, three-course 
                                  sequence to non-native speakers of English who 
                                  are accepted by Concordia University, but who 
                                  must upgrade their reading and writing skills 
                                  in the area of using English for academic purposes. 
                                  Students enrolled in a 90-credit degree or an 
                                  extended credit degree program in the Faculty 
                                  of Arts and Science may take ESL courses for 
                                  degree credit up to maximum of six credits. 
                                  About 120 sections of these courses are offered 
                                  each year with an average of 25 students per 
                              section.</p>
                                <p class="text">Additional credit ESL courses 
                                  are also available through the TESL Centre. 
                                  They are suitable for students whose mother 
                                  tongue is not English and who would like to 
                                  improve their English language skills.</p>
                                <p class="text">If English is not your mother 
                                  tongue and you wish to take an ESL course, you 
                                  are required to take the Concordia English Language 
                                  Diagnostic Test.</p>
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                                <p class="text">For more information, please contact:<br />
                                  Nina Padden, ESL Coordinator<br />
                                  Tel. (514) 848-2424 extension 2453, e-mail: 
                                  <a href="mailto:npadden@education.concordia.ca%20">npadden@education.concordia.ca</a></p>
                   
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